Victorian magazine illustration of fantasy scene of children listening to jack in the pulpit. The drawing is inspired by an American woodland flower known as a jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), so called because its wide flared folded neck...

Clifton Suspension Bridge above the Avon Gorge, Bristol, c.1880. The bridge was designed by Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and work began in 1831 on the twin towers. Money problems meant that by 1843 only the stone towers were in place....

Flyer for Old English Lottery published by Martin & Co, Stockbroker circa 1820. Contains two composite illustrations of Kitchen Maid and Cook Maid where their bodies have been formed from the everyday articles they use in their work.

Page from The Armorial Album for inserting or emblazoning coats of arms, crests, monograms and devices with pages for photographs, autographs, illuminating. Designed by John Vinycomb, published by Marcus Ward & Co Limited, circa 1890. crafts,...

Print from THE LIFE OF AN ACTOR by Pierce Egan, drawn and engraved by Theodore Lane, 1824. Title reads: One man in his time plays many parts! On and off the stage - The surprise manifested by Proteus on his entering the apartment of an itinerant manager.

Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). 18th century Persian manuscript in Islamic style illustrating the12th century Persian poet Nezami Book of Alexander the Great (Eskandar-nameh). The legend of Alexander was told and retold in Islamic art and literature...